Improvement in clothes-pounders



C. B. & G. W.`HART.

Clothes-Founder.

No. 162,548. Patented Apri|27,1875.

THE GRAPHIC CO.PHOTOLITH.39&4Y PARK PlACE,N-Y

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OHAUNGEY B. HART, OF FAIBPORT, NEW YORK, AND GEORGE W. HART, OF MEDINA,MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-POUNDERS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,548, dated April 27,1875; application led March 29, 1875.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, GHAUNGEY B. HART, ofFairport, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, and GEORGE WV.HART, of

- Medina, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Atmospheric Clothes-Tasher, of which thefollowing is a specitication:

Figure 1 is a bottom perspective view of our improved clothes-washer.Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object ot' this invention is to furnish an improved device forwashing clothes by forcing the water out of them by atmosphericpressure, and then allowing them to be again saturated, and which shallbe simple in construction, convenient in use, and effective inoperation, washing the clothes quickly and thoroughly.

The invention consists in an improved clothes-washer, formed by thecombination with each other of the disk or head provided with a handle,and with one or more downwardly-opening valves, the coiled spring, theband or ring, and the iexible connecting-band, as hereinafter fullydescribed.

A represents a disk or head, of any convenient size, and which may bemade of wood or metal, and to the outer side of which is attached ahandle, B. To the under side of the head A is attached the end of acoiled spring', C. The last coil at the other end ot' the spring C isattached to a metallic ring, D. The head A and the ring D are alsoconnected by a strip or band, E, of canvas or other suitable material,the edges of' which are attached to the edges of the said head A andring D. In the head A are formed one, two, or more holes the lower endsof which are covered by valves F opening downward.

In using the device, it is placed upon the clothes in a tub, and thehead A is forced downward by means of the handle B. This compresses theair and forces it into and through the clothes, driving out the water.As the head is raised the tendency is to form a vacuum beneath the saidhead A; This causes the valves F to be opened by the pressure of theatmosphere,and enables the device to be raised and again operated in thesame place, or upon some other part of the clothes.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- An improved atmospheric clothes-washer, formedby the combination with each other of the disk or head A, provided witha handle, B, and one or more downwardly opening valves, F, the coiledspring C, the band or ring D, and the iiexible connecting-band E,substantially as herein shown and described.

OHAUNCEY B. HART. GEORGE W. HART.

